Multiple rows

Derby supports the complete SQL-92 VALUES clause; this is very handy in several cases.

The first useful case is that it can be used to insert multiple rows:

INSERT INTO OneColumnTable VALUES 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

INSERT INTO TwoColumnTable VALUES
    (1, 'first row'),
    (2, 'second row'),
    (3, 'third row')

Dynamic parameters reduce the number of times execute requests are sent across:

ij> -- send 5 rows at a time:
ij> PREPARE p1 AS 'INSERT INTO ThreeColumnTable VALUES 
(?,?,?), (?,?,?), (?,?,?), (?,?,?), (?,?,?)';
ij> EXECUTE p1 USING 'VALUES (''1st'',1,1,''2nd'',2,2,''3rd'',
3,3,''4th'',4,4,''5th'',5,5)';